Seven Medieval Songs

By Samuel Milligan

This is a collection of seven uncommon medieval songs from the 12th to the 14th centuries. Milligan's attractive arrangements of these evocative songs include suggestions for the addition of viola and hurdy-gurdy. Perfect for those preparing voice and harp programs or for just noodling around at home. Milligan is one of the most widely recognized arrangers of harp music alive today.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Independent Publishers Group
• Release date: Sep 1, 2018
• ISBN: 9781609405984

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Seven Medieval Songs © 2018 by Samuel Milligan

Cover illustration: Hand woven replica of a detail in The Hunt of the Unicorn, now held by the Metropolitan Museum’s Cloisters in New York; reproduction of a late medieval harp by Lynne Lewandowski, based on the Hieronymus Bosch painting The Garden of Earthly Delights, circa 1495.

Title page illustration: 11th/12th Century English harp from a manuscript from Abbot Gerbert, St. Blasius Monastery, Germany. From Galpin, Francis W., Old English Instruments of Music, Methuen & Co., London, 1932, p. 8. Image reversed.

Elsewhere: Two hurdy-gurdy players redrawn from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, No. 160, Escorial Codex j.b.2, plate 154v.

First Edition

Paper Edition ISBN: 978-1-60940-597-7

Ebook editions:

ePub ISBN: 978-1-60940-598-4

MobiPocket/Kindle ISBN: 978-1-60940-599-1

Library PDF ISBN: 978-1-60940-600-4

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for

Lynne Lewandowski harpmaker

Music can be no better than the instrument on which it’s played

Being of a certain age, and barely competent in the world of computers, I could have done nothing without the patient instruction, help and expertise of

Gordon Johnston

A superb musician—harpist, organist, conductor and composer—who introduced me to the art of computerized music typesetting, and whose overall musical knowledge has been invaluable to me.

CONTENTS

Prolegomenon

Program Notes

A l’entrant d’esté [Blondel de Nesle]

J’a